Extra-pair mating and sexual selection on male traits across populations

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-18

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a   Dunn, Peter O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra pair mating; sexual selection; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree Swallow

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; ORNITHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84897080297     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/13-112.1     Document Type: Article

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